tain
English
Etymology
From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
Noun
tain (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Thin tin plate
- (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Finnish
Alternative forms
Declension
| Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| accusative | nom. | tain | taimmat |
| gen. | taimman | ||
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten taimpainrare | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| inessive | taimmassa | taimmissa | |
| elative | taimmasta | taimmista | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| adessive | taimmalla | taimmilla | |
| ablative | taimmalta | taimmilta | |
| allative | taimmalle | taimmille | |
| essive | taimpana | taimpina | |
| translative | taimmaksi | taimmiksi | |
| instructive | — | taimmin | |
| abessive | taimmatta | taimmitta | |
| comitative | — | taimpine | |
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Alteration of étain (“tin”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.
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